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     Patriots survived a late scare to win their sixth straight. New England looked to be in control on Sunday, threatening to make it a two-touchdown lead midway through the third quarter. But after settling for a field goal, the Patriots had to survive a Drake Maye interception and two Falcons scoring drives, with New England bailed out by John Parker Romo's missed extra-point try that would have tied the game with less than five minutes left. The Patriots’ defense did get a stop late, and Maye completed a late third-down pass to Hunter Henry to ice the game, but it was a struggle after outplaying Atlanta for most of the game. New England’s defense kept the run game in check and held Bijan Robinson to 96 yards on 20 touches, but Drake London (three TDs) carved them up and nearly took the game over in the fourth quarter. The Patriots lost Christian Gonzalez and Christian Elliss defensively and were barely hanging on by the end.     Falcons’ comeba...

 Six weeks of the 2025 college football season remain. As the contenders begin to separate themselves from pretenders, here’s a look at predicted conference champions for every FBS conference. ACC — Virginia The ACC has one of the most interesting conference races in all of college football. The conference has three undefeated teams in league play in Georgia Tech, Virginia and SMU, but none of the teams play head-to-head. The ACC also has five other teams with one conference loss. Projecting forward, the ACC’s top-three ranked teams — Georgia Tech, Virginia and Miami (Fla.) — look to have the best shot at running the table to be top ACC contenders. That would make Georgia Tech and Virginia meet head-to-head in the ACC Championship Game.  If those two meet, I think Virginia could land the upset. The Cavaliers rush for 203.9 yards per game, the third-most in the ACC, while Georgia Tech has the worst run defense in the ACC. When it comes to championship football, running the ball...